A bit about the brand: A great acrylic based brand, Liquitex was the first water-based acrylic paint created in 1955 and since then have partnered with artists to ensure that they continually evolve and innovate – resulting in a long history of acrylic innovation. See all the Liquitex range ›

I really like these paints and have used Liquitex Heavy Body very successfully for palette knife work. You can scrape them on thinly to get a transparent or translucent effect, and lay it on with a knife for lovely textured strokes. Holds the form well. [I used to use Daler Rowney but the lids seemed prone to breaking off.]. The colour selection is a bit odd. Great to have 2 tubes of Titanium White. No Ultramarine Blue - pity. No Alizarin Crimson, but Quin.Magenta instead. Diox.Purple and Emerald Green are included, but I'd have preferred Ultramarine, and a cool/lemon yellow to go with the Cad Yellow Medium provided. You get Bronze Yellow - a new one on me - looks to be somewhere between Yellow Ochre and Raw Umber. The other colours are Ivory Black, Phthalo Blue, Brilliant Blue, Cad Red Light and Phthalo Green (Viridian).